HANOI, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Police of Vietnam's northern Dien Bien province on Monday arrested a local drug trafficker, confiscating 3.4 kg of heroin, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Phan Van Pao, a 33-year-old man from northern Lai Chau province, was detained when transporting 10 cakes of heroin weighing 3.4 kg in Dien Bien's Muong Nhe district.

According to the Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty.